Synonyms for unsufferable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : suhf-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌf ər |
Top 10 synonyms for unsufferable
Définition of unsufferable
Origin :- early 13c., "to be made to undergo, endure" (pain, death, punishment, judgment, grief), from Anglo-French suffrir, Old French sufrir, from Vulgar Latin *sufferire, variant of Latin sufferre "to bear, undergo, endure, carry or put under," from sub "up, under" (see sub-) + ferre "to carry" (see infer).
- Replaced Old English þolian, þrowian. Meaning "to meekly submit to hardship" is from late 13c. That of "to undergo" (distress, suffering, etc.) is mid-14c. Meaning "to tolerate, allow" something to occur or continue is recorded from mid-13c. Related: Suffered; suffering.
- adj unbearable
- This is an admirable commentary on the Unsufferable Behaviour of Servants.
- Extract from : « The Life of Daniel De Foe » by George Chalmers
- After torrents of unsufferable reproaches, not knowing what more to say, he accused me of having sold his ciphers.
- Extract from : « The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete » by Jean Jacques Rousseau
- The Defects and unsufferable Abuses which are heard in Recitatives, and not known to those who commit them, are innumerable.
- Extract from : « Observations on the Florid Song » by Pier Francesco Tosi
- Il n'y a de sots si incommodes que ceux qui ont de l'esprit—There are no fools so unsufferable as those who have wit.
- Extract from : « Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources » by James Wood
- There is nothing so unsufferable to me as an old huckster's shop of property.
- Extract from : « Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) » by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Negligence of one's person not only implies an unsufferable indolence, but an indifference whether we please or not.
- Extract from : « The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant » by John Hamilton Moore
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